Nick Cave anthology: ‘Read Write [Hand]‘ (e-book)

Nick Cave anthology: ‘Read Write [Hand]‘ (e-book).

now that I got an e-reader (audience: “Finally!”), I’ll pick up this beauty.  I like the idea of online playlists to accompany the text and illustrations.   books as multimedia.

2011 in review

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The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Mabuhay

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and we reach the end with an appropriately seasonal drink

Rum Eggnog

4 oz eggnog of choice

(largish) splash of rum

nutmeg

warm eggnog to desired temperature.  add rum.  grate a bit of nutmeg on top.  enjoy.  feel free to bah humbug!

 

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Twelve

Mabuhay    !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Hipahipa (again)

 

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Madame Aubrey would like a whiskey sour.    as you wish, madame

• 1 jigger Whiskey
• 4 oz sour mix*
• 1 tblsp Maraschino cherry juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• one (or two) Maraschino cherries

* sour mix consists of one part simple syrup and one part lemon juice

 

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day 11 (again)

    

Hipahipa   !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Hipahipa

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as per M-T’s request,  a Greyhound

1 jigger of gin

~ 4-6 oz fresh grapefruit juice

Pour ingredients into a  glass over ice cubes. Stir well and enjoy

run, little doggie! run!

 

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Eleven

    

Hipahipa   !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Na zdorov’ya

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another day out and about

Margarita

2 jiggers tequila

1/2-jiggers triple sec

2 jiggers sour mix

1/2-jigger lime juice

add all  above to mixing glass.  stir.  strain over a glass filled with ice

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Ten

    

Na zdorov’ya!

 

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Saúde

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out and about today -

Manhattan

2 jiggers bourbon

1 jigger sweet vermouth

a few shakes Angosture bitters

Fill a shaker with ice, add all the above.  shake.  strain over a glass filled with ice

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Nine

    

Saúde  !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Afiyæt oslun

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it is entirely too warm ’round here for being < week to Christmas.  let’s have a refreshing Tom Collins

2 jiggers Gin
1 jigger lemon juice
1 jigger simple syrup
soda water

Fill a shaker with ice, add gin, lemon juice, and syrup.  shake.  strain over a glass filled with ice, top with soda water

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Eight

    

           

Afiyæt oslun !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Genatset

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trying to find more ways of using the oldest bottle booze in the house, the orange brandy, I came across a cocktail named Danny’s Special in the Absolut vodka site;  interestingly, it does not call for vodka

Danny’s Special

1 jigger Bourbon
½-jigger Orange  Brandy
1 jigger Lemon Juice
½-jigger Triple Sec

Fill a shaker with ice, add all the above.  shake.  strain over a glass filled with ice

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Seven

    

Genatset !

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas – Salud

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I keep a bottle of Creme de Cassis in the fridge for the occasional Kir (white wine + CdC).

one of my mixology books has a recipe for a a dry vermouth and CdC cocktail that sounds interesting

• 3 oz Dry Vermouth
• 1 oz Creme de Cassis
• Ice cubes
• Club soda

add the vermouth and CdC to glass, add ice cubes, top with club soda

 

The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Six

Salud !